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HR 6689 115th Congress House

Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and in… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect.

Introduced: August 28, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Aug 31, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 28, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Aug 28, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 31, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require private health insurance plans to cover diagnosis and treatment services for congenital anomalies and birth defects, including reconstructive services and prosthetics.

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  • S 3369 Identical bill Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 3 Republican 2
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Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Nov 15, 2018
Paulsen, Erik
· Nov 6, 2018
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Oct 16, 2018
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Oct 16, 2018
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Sep 13, 2018
Roskam, Peter
· Sep 5, 2018
VISCLOSKY, PETER
· Sep 5, 2018
Faso, John
· Aug 28, 2018
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Aug 28, 2018
Yoder, Kevin
· Aug 28, 2018
Young, David
· Aug 28, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6689: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6689/
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"H.R. 6689: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6689/.
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H.R. 6689, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6689/.
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